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Video Poker is a favored game that is able to be played in casinos across the world, or alternatively at home on your computer, through a web account. The game rules are very straightforward and consist of the player trying to get the greatest combination of cards possible in order to acquire cash. In this respect it’s much the same as a normal game of poker, minus the interaction with competing players. Of course, tactics used in a physical game of poker, like bluffing, will be useless in Video Poker.

The game of Electronic Poker starts when the player inserts credits (whether it is tokens, credit slips or money) into the machine and pushes the play button. A hand of five cards will be "given out" on the screen.

The Video Poker game also has buttons with ‘hold’ written on them, and players should now pick which cards to hold and which to throw away. For the cards the enthusiast would like to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons must be pressed so that they light up. The player can choose to keep any number of cards they want, whether it’s all or none.

After the player has selected which cards she wishes to keep, they should press ‘deal’, at which point any fresh cards will be given out if desired. The hand is now finished, with the Video Poker machine analyzing the cards to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands listed in the pay out schedule.

Normally, the minimum succeeding hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money getting larger for each better hand. A list of common winning hands starts with jacks or better, and moves on to 2 pairs, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and last but not least royal flushes. It definitely goes without saying that the payment schedule can range from game to game, so that experienced players are agile enough to select the most beneficial machine every time.

Once the first round has played out, the player can either decide to stay on in an attempt to increase their winnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any credits that might been won. Additionally, several versions of the game give the enthusiast an opportunity to increase their wins, in which instance a further game is played. There are also differences among individual games, with some virtual decks including wild cards and other varying aspects to enhance playability.